Symmetry is ennui, and ennui is the very essence of grief and melancholy. Despair yawns.
One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
The convent is supreme egotism resulting in supreme self-denial.
Spira, spera. (breathe, hope)
My revenge is fraternity! No more frontiers! The Rhine for everyone! Let us be the same Republic, let us be the United States of Europe, let us be the continental federation, let us be European liberty, let us be universal peace!